Technology/Science
Rideshare Apps Slug It Out vs. Each Other, Taxis and World in New York
Uber and Lyft are among the tech companies pushing back at proposed rules by New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission to regulate car service apps. Uber says the rules break federal law because ...
U.S. Population Affected by Heat Waves Could Quadruple by 2050: Research
U.S. residents' exposure to extreme heat could increase four- to six-fold by mid-century, due to both a warming climate and a population that's growing especially fast in the hottest regions of the ...
AXA Chief Outlines Climate Strategy
AXA Chairman and CEO Henri de Castries spoke at Climate Finance Day on May 22 in Paris. The following are his remarks in which he discusses what climate change means for the insurance industry as ...
Insurer AXA Joins Coal Divestment Movement Over Climate Change Risk
France's largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor. AXA ...
8 Trends Tied to How Millennials Differ from Prior Generations
As the largest generation in U.S. history, millennials have a lot of potential to change the investment landscape. A couple of weeks ago Goldman Sachs sent out a research note detailing which ...
Aon Benfield Launches Canada Flood Model to Help Manage Exposures
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has developed a fully probabilistic flood model for Canada to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their ...
Commercial Drones Enter the World of Risk: ISO Analysis
As drone technology and potential applications continue to expand, corporate leaders around the world are facing a difficult question: How can drones be used to grow their businesses without harming ...
How to Counteract the Health Risks of Sitting Too Much
A new study suggests that engaging in low intensity activities such as standing may not be enough to offset the health hazards of sitting for long periods of time. On the bright side, adding two ...